Edward DOHERTY

Regimental number20118
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Doherty, Port Ahuriri, Napier
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 61 Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No 29), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Edward Doherty; Wife: Mrs B.E.M. Wells, (formerly Doherty), 58 Boulcott Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 31